All posts tagged "Jim Negrych"

The Pirates announced two roster moves this afternoon:RHP Mike Crotta had been not-entirely-officially told that he'd make the major league team. Now it's official: Crotta and reliever Garrett Olson are on the Pirates' Opening Day roster. That means that reliever Chris Leroux will be assigned to Indianapolis. Olson, a lefty,...

Yankees 4, Pirates 2Reliever Mike Crotta, who had not given up a run up 'til today, surrendered his first spring training run this afternoon in Tampa. Crotta came on to pitch the final inning, with the Yankees already ahead 3-2. He gave up a single, a sacrifice bunt, and...

The Indianapolis Indians ended their 4-game spring training winning streak with a loss today to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Pirates' Ronny Cedeno came to minor league camp to DH in the game and posted 3 hits for the Tribe. OF Andrew...

The minor league spring training games began today, with the Indy Indians facing off against the Las Vegas 51's in Dunedin. Info about the minor league games tends to be sketchy at best, and often non-existent, but this evening we got some info:51's 5, Indians 2 -- Rudy Owens...

The Altoona Curve clinched the Eastern League Championship tonight, defeating the Trenton Thunder in Game 4 of the championship series in Trenton.� Starter Tony Watson, who was also the winning pitcher a week...

The Curve took advantage of the unexpected day off yesterday, and came back to action ready to roll.� Three Curve pitchers combined to shut out the Thunder in Trenton, as the Curve took a 2-games-to-one lead in the 5-game Eastern League...

Curve starter Rudy Owens faced off against National's phenom pitcher Stephen Strasbourg at the beginning of the season, and held his own.� Now he winds down the season by facing off against New York Yankees' rehabbing star Andy Pettitte -- and...

The Curve doubled up the Senators tonight, winning their second game of the series in the Senators' home park.� That gave Altoona a 3-1 game win of the season, advancing them to the championship round of the Eastern League playoffs.

The Pirates' only minor league affiliate still playing in the post-season, the Altoona Curve, defeated the Harrisburg Senators 7-2 in the third game of the Eastern League Western Division playoffs tonight in Harrisburg.� After splitting the first two games in Altoona, the Curve now...